Constitution Review

The federal government is divided into separate branches to

• keep any one branch from growing too powerful.
• make the government run more efficiently.
• provide flexibility in the interpretation of laws.
• make sure one branch is in charge at all times.

What determines how many members represent each state in the House of Representatives?

• the U.S. Constitution, which assigned a fixed number of seats to each state
• the U.S. Census, a nationwide population count taken every ten years
• state tax money, which indicates how valuable a state's voice is to the nation
• two per state as outlined in the Constitution

The president can check the power of the legislative branch by

• petitioning Congress.
• granting a pardon
• issuing an executive order
• vetoing a bill

When the House of Representatives impeaches a president they

• permanently remove him from office.
• vote to bring charges of serious crimes against him.
• appeal to (ask) him to override a veto.
• pardon him of high crimes or misdemeanors.

On what grounds can a federal court overrule a state or federal law?

• The law is unconstitutional
• The law overlaps existing laws
• Law goes against existing laws
• The law repeats basic common sense

This ensures equal justice for all by putting the law above everyone and apply the law to everyone equally.

• democracy
• majority rules
• rule of law
• political parties

Opponents of gun-control laws argue that the Second Amendment was intended to protect

• the right of states to maintain militia units.
• an individual's right to nationalized health care.
• an individual's right of self-defense.
• the right of states to secure the police against criminals.

The one exception to the Fifth Amendment rule that no person can have property taken from them without due process of law is called

• search and seizure
• eminent domain
• double jeopardy
• dual sovereignty

Cases in which a harm has been done but no crime has been committed are decided

• in appeals court
• in civil court
• without juries
• by lawyers

What is the job of the legislative branch (Congress)?

• make laws

• interpret laws

• enforce laws

• carry out the laws